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Thailand is a newly industrialized country. Its economy is heavily export-dependent, with exports accounting for more than two-thirds of its gross domestic product (GDP). In 2012, according to the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand had a GDP of THB11.375 trillion (US$366 billion).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nesdb.go.th/Portals/0/eco_datas/economic/eco_state/1_56/Press%20Eng%20Q1-2013.pdf )〕 The Thai economy grew by 6.5%,〔 with a headline inflation rate of 3.02%〔 and an account surplus of 0.7% of the country's GDP.〔 In 2013, the Thai economy is expected to grow in the range of 3.8–4.3%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nesdb.go.th/Portals/0/eco_datas/economic/eco_state/2_56/Press%20Eng%20Q2-2013.pdf )〕 During the first half of 2013 (Q1-Q2/2013), the Thai economy grew by 4.1% (YoY).〔 After seasonally adjustment, however, Thailand's GDP contracted by 1.7% and 0.3% in the first and the second quarters of 2013 respectively. The industrial and service sectors are the main sectors in the Thai gross domestic product, with the former accounting for 39.2% of GDP. Thailand's agricultural sector produces 8.4% of GDP – lower than the trade and logistics and communication sectors, which account for 13.4% and 9.8% of GDP respectively. The construction and mining sector adds 4.3% to the country’s gross domestic product. Other service sectors (including the financial, education and hotel and restaurant sectors) account for 24.9% of the country's GDP.〔 Telecommunications and trade in services are emerging as centers of industrial expansion and economic competitiveness.〔http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTHAILAND/Resources/333200-1177475763598/3714275-1234408023295/5826366-1234408105311/chapter4-telecommunication-sector.pdf〕〔http://journals.cluteonline.com/index.php/IBER/article/download/3290/3338〕 Thailand is the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia. Its per-capita GDP (US$5,390) in 2012,〔 however, ranks in the middle of Southeast Asian per capita GDP, after Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia. On 19 July 2013 Thailand held US$171.2 billion in international reserves,〔 the second-largest in Southeast Asia (after Singapore). Thailand ranks second in Southeast Asia in external trade volume, after Singapore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/its2012_e/its12_world_trade_dev_e.pdf )〕 The nation is recognized by the World Bank as "one of the great development success stories" in social and development indicators.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/thailand )〕 Despite a low per capita gross national income (GNI) of US$5,210〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) )〕 and ranking 89th in the Human Development Index (HDI), the percentage of people below the national poverty line decreased from 65.26% in 1988 to 13.15% in 2011, according to the NESDB's new poverty baseline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://social.nesdb.go.th/SocialStat/StatReport_Final.aspx?reportid=446&template=2R1C&yeartype=M&subcatid=59 )〕 Thailand's unemployment rate is low, reported as 0.9% for the first quarter of 2014. This is due to a large proportion of population working in subsistence agriculture or on other vulnerable employment (own-account work and unpaid family work).〔 () TNSO The National Statistical Office of Thailand. "Over half of all Thailand's workers are in vulnerable employment (defined as the sum of own-account work and unpaid family work) and more than 60% are informally employed, with no access to any social security mechanisms". (Thailand. A labour market profile ), International Labour Organization, 2013. 〕 The average headline inflation rate of the first half of 2013 stands at 2.70% (YoY),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bot.or.th/Thai/Statistics/Indicators/Docs/tab11.pdf )〕 with a policy interest rate of 2.50%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bot.or.th/English/Pages/BOTDefault.aspx )〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Thailand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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